Motion or amendment: The Executive’s Approach to Hate - Amendment 5

Motion or amendment by Mr Alan Chambers on .

MLA
Mr Alan Chambers
Party at the time
Ulster Unionist Party
Date
18 September 2025
Type
Motion or amendment
Business
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “The Executive’s Approach to Hate”
Heading
The Executive’s Approach to Hate - Amendment 5
Assembly identifier
Document 449974

Text

The Executive’s Approach to Hate - Amendment 5

Leave out all after ‘inadequate’ and insert:

‘calls on the Executive to combat all forms of hate crime by introducing hate crime legislation by the end of this Assembly mandate, undertaking an immediate review of the Tackling Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime programme and ensuring that the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunal Service and the PSNI are adequately resourced to deal with criminality robustly and expediently; and further calls on the Minister of Justice to ensure that the shared vision and strategic priorities of the Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland address emerging challenges, including the rise in hate crime, that the judiciary receive up-to-date training on the impact of these crimes on communities, and that sentencing, within existing guidelines, reflects the seriousness of the offence.’

133 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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